IAN SINCLAIR looks at how we are made to swallow, without question, the porkies fed to us by the mass media
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Enemy of the People
KEITH FLETT looks at a Labour turncoat behind the ratcheting up of measures to courtail the right to protest
ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE: (L to R) Lord Walney; Just Stop Oil protesters outside New Scotland Yard in London on December 2 2023
[Walney pic: Public domain]
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Communist Party of Israel MP says US-Israeli attack on Iran was based on lies and only citizens standing up for peace can stop it
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JOHN WOODCOCK was a failure as a right-wing Labour MP between 2010-2019, having come from a New Labour pedigree.
In his final period as an MP he sat as an independent after allegations about his behaviour, never resolved, were made.
After losing his seat he was made a peer by Boris Johnson and his journey to the political right has continued since.
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